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Shock & Awe: Live at Oxford Playhouse, 11 November ,1992 [Explicit Lyrics, Live]

Bill Hicks Audio CD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (18 Feb 2009)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics, Live
  • Label: Invasion Group
  • ASIN: B000096FOC
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 65,943 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3. Hooligans
4. Sniper’s Nest
5. More About Smoking
6. Vote For Labour
7. Madonna's Sex Book
8. English Porno
9. Basic Instinct
10. Back To Bed America
11. Christians For The Death Penalty
12. Wrong Crowd?
13. Satan Starmaker
14. I Love Film
15. Children
16. Back In My Room
17. American Horseshit
18. I Need To Get Laid
19. On The Bright Side
20. Fuck Artists Only
See all 21 tracks on this disc

Product Description

Product Description

Recorded live in concert in 1992 at Oxford Playhouse. "Shock & Awe" presents Bill Hicks in full flow with his views on the Gulf war, George Bush Snr. And English culture.

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Bill stuff 7 April 2004
Format:Audio CD
As always Bill Hicks delivers superb social commentary and comic timing in this album recorded in Oxford Playhouse. It is the only album of his that is recorded in England, which gives it some novelty value and it's interesting to hear how he tailors his jokes and how the audience react slightly differently to those in America.

However if you own either Arizona Bay or Rant in E Minor then this purchase is a bit surplus, there is no really new material and I could quote some parts from the other two. But for devotees it is a must purchase for the 2 minutes of stuff you haven't heard. It gets 4 stars because it's Bill at his best, but nothing new.

Rant in E Minor is still the best for Goat Boy virgins, but this is just as good as any of the others.

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars More of the same - delivery slightly different 4 Jun 2003
Format:Audio CD
Well, wooppee, another bill hicks cd! Dont get too worked up though, it's more of the same. This CD seems like a bit of a cash-in than an offering of anything new. For example, it's not an 'official' rykodisk one in a turquoisy case but just a normal CD. The CD itself does not have a 'sketch' on it either, this is not a 'real' bill hicks cd.

So there you go, i'm being picky maybe but if your new to bill hicks buy the best of or any of his proper albums first! If your a die hard fan and are considering buying this then i probably would. He delivers his jokes in a more 'english' way and pokes fun at the audience by talking in their style at himself 'Bill, this is oxford you know. we're not interested in pornography. we read poetry, art... Ok, i'l tell you what it's like and save you a field trip'. So, it's a great little CD where bill is more playful and loose but dont expect to hear much new.
If your a completist though, you still get a good few chuckles.

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a HUGE Hicks fan. I have everything released, videos, cd's, books, DVD's etc. etc. and so approached this "new" release with a little trepidation, especially as the cynical “Bill” side of me wondered that the timing of this release might just have been cashing in on the recent latest Persian Gulf distraction.

I was wrong.

This is without doubt the best of the releases to date, and that includes the video of Sane Man that I bought direct from Sacred Cow Productions. It could have been recorded last week, timeless indeed, but a sad indictment of our times that we’re still the bullies of the world and the Labour party have become everything we detested about the Tories.

I’m not going to quote Ad Naseum because nothing compares to hearing the man himself.

Do yourself a favour, buy this, listen to it and spread the gospel according to Hicks to as many different people as you can and tell them to do likewise. Then, maybe, we can all learn, evolve and get the **** off this planet.

Simply put this man is simply the funniest thing our collective consciousness has ever produced.

Apart from me….

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